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It is an engine. No voodoo magic involved. It is quite a good 1.8L turbo engine, well designed and all, in the 80ies. No variable cam timing, hydraulic lifters. But it just is that. Know "flaws" are crank breather clogging easily, and small oil capacity. Couple that to the shittiest oil gauge ever designed and you are in for a world of "CAs are shit, it died, i checked and there was oil" - when in fact there was not.
And like every engine you could get, it will need a rebuild.
Now the question is WHY do you want a ca18det ? It looks like you just want look/sound, so get an rb20 instead. If you want a screaming 4 pots, a well built ca18 is perfect. But it will never sound like a 6 pot, and it will never have the power and torque delivery of bigger engines (when they are built the same way).
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